Egg prices are tumbling after five months of price hikes that drove some consumers to smuggle cheaper eggs from Mexico. Prices fell 6.7% in February, according to Consumer Price Index data released Tuesday. That comes after egg prices jumped each month starting in October, pushing the average price of a …

Washington — More than three months after the FBI released incomplete data about documented hate crime incidents across the U.S., supplemental figures published Monday found that reports of bias-motivated attacks rose by nearly 12% in 2021.  The FBI’s revised 2021 findings tell a different story than those originally released in December, …

Stocks sank on Wall Street after the head of the Federal Reserve warned it could speed up its economy-rattling hikes to interest rates if pressure stays high on inflation.  The S&P 500 dropped 62 points, or 1.5%, to 3,986 on Tuesday, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average gave back 575 …

A Massachusetts man on a cross-country flight was arrested and charged after he allegedly tried to stab a flight attendant and open an emergency door mid-flight. Francisco Severo Torres, 33, has been charged with interfering with flight crew members and attendants using a dangerous weapon, according to a news release …

Washington — Former Rep. Liz Cheney, the Wyoming Republican who was ousted from House GOP leadership over her criticism of former President Donald Trump and lost a primary battle last year, is joining the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics as a “professor of practice,” the center announced Wednesday.  “Preserving …

Eli Lilly plans to cut prices on its most commonly prescribed insulin products by 70% and will also cap customers’ out-of-pocket costs at $35 a month for those with commercial insurance who use its insulin.  The change comes as Eli Lilly and other insulin manufacturers face ongoing criticism for their …

As Connecticut state Rep. Quentin Williams was driving home from the governor’s inauguration ball last month, he was struck head-on by a driver who had entered the highway using a ramp going in the wrong direction, killing both Williams and the driver. Williams’ death threw a spotlight on a kind …

A man was arrested in Florida Thursday in connection with the murder of a pregnant young soldier on a U.S. Army base in Germany more than 21 years ago, the FBI announced. Court documents allege that Shannon L. Wilkerson, 42, was responsible for the death of 19-year-old Pfc. Amanda Gonzales …

Vanderbilt University is drawing heat from its student body for using ChatGPT to generate a communitywide letter addressing the recent mass shooting at Michigan State University.  The office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) at Vanderbilt’s Peabody College of Education last week issued a statement that many have criticized as impersonal …

Washington —When former Vice President Mike Pence was subpoenaed by special counsel Jack Smith, who is investigating any involvement by former President Donald Trump in the events surrounding the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, he soon announced his opposition to testifying. He called the subpoena “unconstitutional,” arguing that under the Constitution, …